Nepali Congress

The Nepali Congress (NC) was a social democratic and democratic socialist political party in Nepal that was founded on 9 April 1950 by Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala. The party was founded on the principles of democracy and socialism, but it abandoned its socialistic economic program in the 1980s in favor of a mixed economy, privatization, and a market economy in certain sectors. The party also supported nonalignment and closer relations with India, and it became a major center-left party in the country.